FOREST LAWN CO. v. CITY COUNCIL

Docket No. L.A. 27456.

60 Cal.2d 516 (1963)

386 P.2d 665

35 Cal. Rptr. 65

FOREST LAWN COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Williams, City Attorney, Burke, Williams & Sorensen and Royal M. Sorensen for Defendants and Appellants.

O'Melveny & Myers, Bennett W. Priest and William D. Moore for Plaintiff and Respondent.


TOBRINER, J.

This case involves the validity of proceedings of the City Council of West Covina pursuant to the Annexation of Uninhabited Territory Act of 1939 (Gov. Code, § 35300 et seq.). We hold that in determining whether the "owners of one-half of the value of the territory proposed to be annexed" have protested the annexation, the above statute requires an apportionment of the value of a single piece of land, part of which lies inside, and part outside,...

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